Pleasant Grove Review | 1929-09-28 | Page 2 | President Sets Anti-Fire Week

servance of the week of Octobe fire prevention week. r 6 a "It has been, the custom f. president of the United State's quest the observance of fire d tiou week throughout the nation to assign the week in which the niversary of the great Chicago occurs for such observance," the clamation said. ro" "The fire interest manifested in prevention by public officials, b ness men's organizations, Wom clubs, civic organizations and Tv,8 press has already borne fruit r, 6 For two consecutive years fire losses 1 the United States have been decrea" ' ed and there are indications 0f S" ' further reduction during the present 1 year. A further great reductioa 0f this tremendous waste could be effw ed through the exercise of ordinary care on the part of our citizens Therefore, "I, Herbert Hoover, president 0( the United States, do hereby pro claim the week of October 6 to be ob served as fire prevention week To each citizen I recommend ful co operation in securing wider under-standing under-standing of individual responsibility for it is only through further ellmi. nation of human negligence that last, ing progress can be attained." " President Sets Anti-fire Week President Hoover today issued a proclamation recommending the ob-